EU to evade Hungary's veto of €18bn of aid to Ukraine in 2023

EU member states reached an agreement on Saturday to unblock an 18 billion euro financial aid package to Ukraine for next year.

The countries evaded a veto from Hungary, which has kept aid to Ukraine blocked as blackmail so its European partners don’t freeze its recovery funds due to rule-of-law violations.

“Ukraine can count on the EU. We will continue to support Ukraine also financially, as long as necessary”, the EU Council said in a statement.

The proposal was adopted by the Council. And it will be presented to the European Parliament for its possible adoption next week, the statement said.

Hungary is about to have €7.5 billion of its allocated share of the EU budget frozen after failing to complete a series of reforms aimed at tackling, among other issues, corruption, public procurement irregularities and conflicts of law interest of government officials.

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